Chris you have a lot of reading to do to get up to scratch on what Buddhism actually is. You claim to be a thinker. I think that's great but you can't just rely on your thoughts. You actually need to research things.

Nirvana is not the goal of Buddhism. Still, people that actually understand Nirvana don't claim to know anything as it's kind of moronic to go around claiming to have spiritual power. That list of 15 is composed of morons for the most part.